A parliamentary inquiry last Thursday called for an overhaul of the country's electronic surveillance laws, but it cleared British spy agencies of breaking any laws by monitoring vast amounts of communications.
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7th Dec 2025 | Updated at 08:33pm 7th Dec 2025
CM Sharma visits UK to usher investments into ‘Rising Rajasthan’
The Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma, Deputy CM Diya Kumari with delegates visited London last week, to host an investor meet. The afternoon was organised by FICCI and High Commission of India at Taj 51 Buckingham Gate, and was attended...
Grant Thornton LLP kickstarts Diwali season in London
Grant Thornton LLP became the first to kickstart the Diwali season in London by organising a reception at the historic Long Room in the Lord’s Cricket Ground on 16 October, welcoming a brief spell of Indian summer as the backdrop of festivities....
“Labour party will reach out to the Hindu community in Leicester East to work with them”: Parliamentary candidate Rajesh Agrawal
The Indian diaspora and business communities in the UK are familiar with Rajesh Agrawal, the former Deputy Mayor of Business in London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s team. He transformed London into a leading investment hub for India, despite the Brexit...
CF India hosts fundraiser dinner in Brum
Conservative MP Dean Russell told attendees at a fundraising dinner in Birmingham, “When Labour see a problem, they exploit it. When we see a problem, we fix it”. The event was organised by Edgbaston Conservatives in partnership with Conservative...
Leading EdTech business launches franchise in the UK following recent global success
The British Youth International College (BYITC), the Glasgow-headquartered but globally operating educational technology (EdTech) business, has launched its successful franchise model in the UK.
University of Glasgow project investigating the effects of Covid-19
A project at the University of Glasgow that is aiming to better understand the effects that Covid-19 infection has on blood vessels and blood pressure has received a grant of £250,000 from national charity Heart Research UK.
770,000 people in England unable to speak English well
In an interview, the communities secretary, Sajid Javid revealed that 770,000 people living in England speak little or no English at all, and warned that up to 70% of them are women from the Bangladeshi and Pakistani communities.
Sigma sponsors transformation of Community Pharmacy 2025 vision
A donation from Sigma Pharmaceuticals plc is funding a three year PhD scholarship aimed at developing a coherent and transformative vision for English community pharmacy in 2025. The project has already begun in the Department of Pharmacy and...
The Swedish public prosecutions authorities offered last Friday to question Julian Assange in London over alleged sex crimes, hoping to break the current standoff before the valid prosecution time limit expires, a development that took the Wikileaks...
Britain-based industrialist G.P. Hinduja was presented with the inaugural NRI Foundation Award by visiting Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.
Intrepid Capital Partners (ICP), an investment firm promoted by London-based Indian businessman Cyrus Vandrevala and legendary American venture capitalist Warren V “Pete” Musser and headquartered in the United States, is to lend Rs 10 billion...
The National Congress of Gujarati Organisations (UK) have organised a Political Conference in view of the forthcoming general elections.
The Liberal Democrats are facing a probe by parliamentary authorities over the apparent 'misuse' of a Commons pass by a former chief fund raiser of the party
A Commons committee has called for a legislation to ban female genital mutilation and cosmetic surgery to create so called ‘designer vaginas’ for the under 18s.
Christians have protested against a Church of England vicar for allowing Muslims to conduct prayers at St John’s church, Waterloo in central London. Dozens of Muslims took part in the event at the church in what is thought to have been the first...
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Over the years, society has become so contrived that we refuse to acknowledge the truth, even if the truth is right in front of us.
